Matilde has already seen three of her children die. She knows clean water and better facilities at her local health facilities will help to keep her children and herself safe from sickness and disease.

My baby is two months old. He was born at the health centre in Napacala. My mother helped me wash after birth. We went home so I could take a bath and my mother washed everything for me at home. I would like to have water, good rooms and bigger maternity services in the centre.

Matilde

Across the world - there is a mother giving birth without clean water every two seconds. But with your support, we can change this. By donating you are helping mothers uphold their dignity and protect their babies and themselves from infections.

Your donations could help heal whole communities by bringing clean, running water to their clinics, households and community. Keeping everyone safe, it’s a simple, small solution that you can support. Your kind donation will make a massive impact.

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